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Quorum court meets tonight

The Baxter County Quorum Court will consider five appropriation ordinances including to appropriating sums not spent during 2012 in amount totaling about $22,000 for expenditure this year.

Other ordinances will appropriate smaller sums that come to the county by way of fees and reimbursement. The court also will consider a resolution appointing Palmer Byrne to the Baxter County Equalization Board.

A resolution regarding the U.S. Interior Department Blueway Designation for the White River also is on the agenda. Three state agencies have withdrawn support for the conservation initiative.

The meeting is 6 p.m. in the courthouse on the downtown square.

Pyatt man killed in Missouri collision

A Pyatt motorcyclist died Sunday evening in a crash involving a Mountain Home woman on U.S. Highway 65 south of Ozark.

Joseph J. Schorghofer, 59, was killed when he was struck by a 2001 Isuzu Rodeo driven by Raven D. Tucker, 26.

According to a report by Missouri Highway Patrol Trooper Ivy Warren, Schorghofer was eastbound about 10 miles south of Ozark when Tucker, who was southbound, collided with the 1997 Harley-Davidson he was on. Schorghofer was pronounced shortly after the 7:25 p.m. accident.

Sex offender relocates

A convicted sex offender, Eduardo Lopez, has moved from one Baxter County residence to another, according to a press release issued Monday from the Baxter County Sheriff's Office.

Lopez, 51, now resides at 27 Baxter County Road 618, authorities said. Lopez was convicted in 1999 of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct for having sexual contact with a 9-year-old boy.

Authorities warn harassment of a convicted sex offender could jeopardize law enforcement's ability to notify the public of sex offender movements.

Woman arrested for motor theft

A 26-year-old Gassville woman, Jessica Lynn Smith, is free on $5,000 bond after being arrested Saturday for stealing a car engine worth $800 and selling it at a scrap yard for $13.39, according to a press release from Baxter County Sheriff John Montgomery.

Law enforcement officials took a report from a man who said a small Ford motor was stolen from the back of his truck on June 26. The man contacted local scrap yards and found out the motor had been sold for scrap, authorities said.

Smith was arrested on a charge of breaking or entering.

Alleged tire thief nabbed

A 24-year-old Midway man faces charges after allegedly borrowing four Jeep tires and rims and not returning them.

Kristopher Lance Rodgers was arrested Friday in connection with the February theft of the tires and rims, according to a press release issued Monday by the Baxter County Sheriff's Office.

Rodgers reportedly borrowed the tires and rims from a man back in February, stating he was going to see if they would fit his truck. The man told authorities Rodgers had permission to keep the tires for one day, according to the news release.

Rodgers allegedly never returned the items and reportedly later sold them. Rodgers was arrested and taken to the Baxter County jail where he was later released after posting a $4,100 bond, authorities said.

- Staff Reports

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Local briefs

The Baxter County Quorum Court will consider five appropriation ordinances including to appropriating sums not spent during 2012 in amount totaling about $22,000 for expenditure this year.